Gibberellic Acid Sensitivity Determines the Length of the Extension Zone in Wheat Leaves |
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Authors: | PAOLILLO D J JR; SORRELLS M E; KEYES G J |
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Institution: | *Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853
Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853
Monsanto Company, St Louis MO 63167, USA |
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Abstract: | To test the hypothesis that gibberellic acid (GA) sensitivityaffects the length of the extension zone (LEZ) of leaf No. 1of wheat seedlings, we performed a gene dosage experiment usingRht dwarfing genes that condition GA insensitivity. We utilizednearly isogenic lines, at Rht-dosage levels of 0, 2 and 4 alleles.Anatomical markers (distances between successive stomates) wereused to infer the distribution of growth along the axis of theleaf. Interstomatal distance (ISD) and LEZ were inverse linearfunctions of Rht-dosage. The number of stomates matured perhour was independent of Rht-dosage. The relationship betweenISD and distance along the axis within the extension zone (EZ)was indistinguishable from linear. Rht-dosage did not affectthe slope of the regression of ISD against distance along theEZ. A-REST (AR; ancymidol, a potent GA synthesis inhibitor)reduced LEZ. Wild type was more sensitive to AR than doubledwarf. AR affected growth of leaf No. 1 more than length ofthe coleoptile, regardless of Rht-dosage. AR-dosage affectedcell division, whereas Rht-dosage did not. Extension zone, elongation, gibberellic acid, Rht, wheat, Triticum aesiivum L. |
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